Hi Richard,

Outlook Express doesn't have its own spell checker.
It "borrows" it from an installed version of MS Office or MS Works.
The question is which version of Office are you using?
You symptoms are typical of Office 2007.
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932974
Nice job Microsoft - NOT
You can find some spell checkers on the internet.
> http://www.geocities.com/vampirefo/

 From this link 
http://forums.vnunet.com/thread.jspa?threadID=108408&tstart=0
Quote: > I managed to get an answer from another forum. Using the MS 
office 2003 disc,
  just reinstall the spellcheck element only. This solved the problem.

Here's how to do it:
> http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2006/20061228.htm

Or here > http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Quote:> The workaround for this problem is to install the English 
dictionary from Office 2003
(or Office XP). There should be no need to install all of Office just 
the dictionary.
  The English Proofing Tools can be found in the Custom Install tree under
‘Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English’.

Hope this helps.

Peter E.










-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [PCSOFT] Outlook Express
From: Richard Stevens <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: 26-May-2008 5:32:50 PM

Hi,

I am operating using Windows XP Professional

My spell checker in Outlook Express only provides corrections in French.
I have tried to change this by looking up the Spelling tag under
Tools/Options. All I am offered in the drop down list is French with no
other language/country listed. Where do I go to make the change - have I
missed an option when loading the operating system?


regards

Richard Stevens

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